Market and money in Kannada

Chapter 5: Angadi · Bengaluru, KR Market

Learn market and money in spoken Kannada: choose exactly the ones you want; ask a rate and buy by weight. 6 short lessons in English letters.

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How the language works

  • This, that and per kilo · Grammar Point at things, ask a rate, and push a price down.

Words and phrases

  • Pointing and picking · Words Choose exactly the ones you want.
  • Vegetables by the kilo · Words Ask a rate and buy by weight.
  • Bargaining · Words Push back on a price, make an offer, and walk away if you must.

Real conversations

  • Buying and haggling · Sentences Build every line you need at a market stall.
  • Shruthi’s stall · Scene Buy tomatoes without paying the tourist price.